Re: just got FA 50mm f 1.4 back

2013-07-20 Thread Bruce Walker
Bulent, my 50-135 had its motor replaced just within the 2-year warranty (by 3 weeks!). But after the replacement warranty ended the motor died again. So it sat ... But I've been shooting with it again, purely manual focus, and it's clear to me I had forgotten just what a great optic it is. It's

Re: just got FA 50mm f 1.4 back

2013-07-20 Thread Christine Aguila
Agreed, Bruce. This lens is amazing. I too was reminded of this when I went through my Lightroom library to determine when I purchased the lens. Using the metadata, I filtered for lens type and pulled up all shots taken with the 50-135. Many I had forgotten about, but was pleased by what I

just got FA 50mm f 1.4 back

2013-07-19 Thread Christine Aguila
Hello PDML: Well, I sent in my FA 50mm f1.4 my DA* 50-135mm f2.8 in to CRIS. The FA returned pretty quick--just got it an hour ago, and looks to be ok. Here are two quickie test shots. Metadata is above the photo. http://www.caguila.com/darreltest/index.html I'm getting a replacement

Re: just got FA 50mm f 1.4 back

2013-07-19 Thread Darren Addy
Murphy's Law of parts departments: If you have the part in stock you will never need it again. It will sit on the shelf until the end of time. On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 3:29 PM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Hello PDML: Well, I sent in my FA 50mm f1.4 my DA* 50-135mm f2.8 in to

Re: just got FA 50mm f 1.4 back

2013-07-19 Thread Bulent Celasun
Christine, My DA* 50-135mm had a faulty motor (the poorly designed/produced-implemented one). It was replaced; a few months after the warranty period; paid. Then, the poor lens (metaphorically, I mean!) hit the concrete and the motor died again at that moment. The guy at our Pentax service told

Re: just got FA 50mm f 1.4 back

2013-07-19 Thread John
On 7/19/2013 4:32 PM, Darren Addy wrote: Murphy's Law of parts departments: If you have the part in stock you will never need it again. It will sit on the shelf until the end of time. Unless someone needs two of them. On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 3:29 PM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com